Virtus Data Centres Secured £2.45 Billion Debt Facility
The financing includes a dedicated green capital fund to support expansion across its data centre portfolio.
Updated on Sept. 24, 2026 in Data Centers
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Virtus Data Centres has finalized a £2.45 billion debt facility provided by a consortium of 13 banks. This secured financing includes a £1.2 billion green capital expenditure fund to facilitate new site development.
Why it matters
The funding provides Virtus with the liquidity necessary to accelerate its infrastructure expansion and meet the growing demand for high-capacity data hosting. It signals ongoing institutional interest in the sector following significant capital activity from other major players like Equinix.
The deal features a £1.2 billion green capex facility within the total £2.45 billion debt package. Virtus currently operates 18 UK data centres with a total power capacity of 300 megawatts, which will be expanded by a new 78 MW campus at Saunderton and additional capacity in Slough.
The players
Virtus Data Centres
A developer and operator of data centre infrastructure with 18 sites currently active in the UK.
Macquarie Asset Management
A global asset management firm that acquired a 40% stake in Virtus in 2023.
Equinix
A global digital infrastructure company that competes in the data centre market and recently raised debt in August 2026.
The details
The debt facility, provided by a consortium led by BNP Paribas, Crédit Agricole, Societe Generale, and Standard Chartered, uses both term and revolving tranches to manage liquidity. This structure allows the company to draw funds for construction at its existing UK sites and its new €3 billion project in Germany. Capital expenditure — funds used by a company to acquire or upgrade physical assets — is specifically earmarked for these development goals.
Timeline
2023: Macquarie Asset Management acquired a 40% stake in Virtus.
August 2026: Equinix raised £280 million in debt.
September 24, 2026: Virtus secured the £2.45 billion debt facility.
The Tech Race
The funding demonstrates how major data centre operators are leveraging debt to secure a competitive edge in European infrastructure capacity. It follows a recent £280 million debt raise by Equinix, highlighting a trend of rapid balance-sheet expansion to meet the growing power demands of digital services.
The development will manifest as increased regional data capacity in the UK and Germany, supporting the underlying hardware for cloud services and enterprise applications. While the construction timeline for the Saunderton and London19 expansions remains unannounced, the capital backing ensures the sites have the resources required to move toward deployment.
The takeaway
The sheer scale of this debt facility underscores the immense capital intensity required to remain competitive in the current data centre market. Watch for upcoming announcements regarding the ground-breaking dates for the Saunderton campus as the primary indicator of deployment progress.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Bisnow.
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